278 - PR^COCIAL GRALLATOEES — LIMICOLiE. 



Gexus RHYACOPHILUS, Kaup. 



Bhyacophihis, Kaup, Sk. Entw. Eiirop. Th. 1S29, 140 (type, Tringa glareola, Linn.). 



Char. Similar to Totanns, but smaller, and with middle toe nearly as long as tarsus. 



There is but one American species of this genus, and the Old World members are by no means 

 numerous — only two, the R. ochroims (LiNN.) and K. glareola (LiNS.) being recognized by authori- 



R. solitaruis. 



ties. The latter is the type of the genus, but it resembles the American R. solitarkis much less 

 than does the former. The three may be distinguished as follows : — 



A. Lining of the wing dusky, barred witli wliite. 



1. R. solltarius. LT]iper tail-coverts duslvv, barred with white ; middle tail-feathers dusky, 



spotted with white along the edge. Wing, .5.30 ; culmen, 1.15 ; tarsus, 1.30; middle toe, 

 l.oO. /lab. North America, migrating southwai-d in winter. 



2. R. ochropus. Upper tail-coverts pure white, nearl}' or quite immaculate ; middle tail- 



feathers widely barred «ith white. Wing, 5.40-5.70 ; culmen, 1.30-1.40 ; tarsus, 1.25- 

 1.40; middle toe, .95-l.Ot). Hid). Europe ; accidental in Eastern North America (Nova 

 Scotia). 

 Lining of the w'ing white, spotted exteriorly with dusky. 



3. R. glareola. Upper tail-covert.s white, more or less marked with dusky ; middle tail- 



feathers banded with white. Wing, 4.75-4.90; culmen, 1,10-1.15; tarsus, 1.40-1.45; 

 middle toe, 1.00-1.05. Hab. Palsearctic Region. 



Rhyacophilus solitarius. 



THE SOLITARY SANDPIPER. 



Tringa ochropus, var. §, Latu. Ind. Oni. 11. 1790, 730. 



Tringa solitaria, WiLS. Am. Orn. VII. 1813, 53, pi. 58, fig. 3. 



Totanus solitarius, AuD. Synop. 1839, 242 ; B. Am. V. 1842, 309, pi 343. — Cofes, Key, 1872, 259 ; 



Check List, 1873, no. 435 ; Birds N. W. 1874, 498. 

 Rhyacophilus solitarius, Cass, in Baird's B. N. Am. 1858, 733. — Baird, Cat. N". Am. B. 1859, no. 



541.— RiDOW. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 550. — Coues, Check List, 2d cd. 1882, no. 637. 

 Totanus chloropyyius, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. VI. 1816, 401. — Svv. & Rich. F. B. A. II. 1831, 393. — 



NuTT. Man. II. 1834, 159.— AuD. Om. Biog. III. 1835, 576 ; V. 1839, 583, pi. 289. 

 Totanus inacroptcra, Spix, Av. Bras. II. 1825, 76, 92. 

 (?) " Totanus caligatus, Light." 

 " Totanus guttatus, Illig." 



